Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day trip in which he will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
— The state visit by Lukashenko — a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — comes after Beijing released a position paper oninsisting it is a neutral party and calling for dialogue between the two sides.
It also follows allegations by the United States and NATO that Beijing could be mulling sending arms to Russia as the conflict enters its second year.Ahead of Lukashenko's visit, Beijing hailed its"all-weather and comprehensive" strategic partnership with Minsk. In an interview with China's state-run Xinhua news agency, the Belarusian leader said he was looking forward to meeting with his"old friend" Xi.
He also praised Beijing's position paper as"a testimony to its peaceful foreign policy as well as a new and original step that will have a far-reaching impact all over the world", Xinhua added.Xi has spoken to Putin several times since the war began, but has not done so with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Lukashenko is a close ally of Putin and has backed Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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